{"title": "„War mein Opa ein Nazi?\" Wie Nachfahren ihre NS-Familiengeschichte erforschen", "start": "2026-10-30T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Feurigstraße 68 10827 Berlin", "address": "Feurigstraße 68 10827 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era"], "description": "A jour fixe with a book presentation where descendants report on how they researched their own family's Nazi past. Berlin historian Dr. Johannes Spohr, who runs the archival research service »Present Past«, presents his new book together with the historian and publicist Friedrich Burschel: ten stories about ten ways in which descendants researched National Socialism in their own families. The welcome address and moderation are by Ragna Vogel, managing director of KONTAKTE-KOHTAKTbI e.V., followed by a reception for conversation and exchange. Admission is free; donations for the association's humanitarian projects for victims of National Socialism are welcome.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/war-mein-opa-ein-nazi-wie-nachfahren-ihre-ns-familiengeschic-31444/", "official_url": "https://kontakte-kontakty.de/war-mein-opa-ein-nazi-wie-nachfahren-ihre-ns-familiengeschichte-erforschen-jour-fixe-am-30-10-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/86e8847620bdfb705ee187d4b3cb3f6cbe4dbe4a488e0b32795f525784fc98a9-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-30T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Feurigstraße 68 10827 Berlin", "address": "Feurigstraße 68 10827 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Lesung & Gespräch mit Friedrich Burschel zu PRESENT PAST. Wie Nachfahren ihre NS-Familiengeschichte erforschen (empfohlen ab 16 Jahre)", "start": "2026-11-10T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Die gute Seite", "address": "Richardplatz 16, 12055 Berlin", "price": "frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://dieguteseiteberlin.buchhandlung.de/shop/article/57157258/present_past.html", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era"], "description": "A reading and conversation with author Friedrich Burschel, who talks about his own family research into the National Socialist era. At the centre is the volume „Present Past“, in which ten descendants describe how they investigated their family's Nazi past and how they deal with what they found. Burschel, who works on anti-fascism at the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, contextualises the stories and then invites an audience discussion on memory politics. The event is part of the autumn series 2026 of the Neukölln bookshops against right-wing populism and racism.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lesung-gesprach-mit-friedrich-burschel-zu-present-past-wie-n-48498/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a49c27e608476b4c56a6c9195696c4be5a36311623fceb5d740b3742f4278648-1200.webp"}, {"title": "ZEIT-Recherchen: War Opa ein Nazi?", "start": "2026-11-09T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Berliner Ensemble", "address": "Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1, 10117 Berlin", "price": "16/9 EURO", "price_from": "9.00", "price_to": "16.00", "tickets_url": "https://renaissance-theater.de/produktion/stefan-juergens-bram-stokers-dracula/?source=bde", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era"], "description": "\"ZEIT-Recherchen: War Opa ein Nazi?\" is a talk as part of a discourse event on the anniversary of the November pogroms of 1938. Caterina Lobenstein speaks with Götz Aly and Christian Staas, in cooperation with DIE ZEIT. Millions of Germans were in the Wehrmacht and the NSDAP, yet many of their descendants knew nothing about it; recently anyone can search the membership files for relatives with just a few clicks. The discussion asks what looking into one's own family reveals about German culture of remembrance, when coming to terms with the past becomes honest confrontation or merely a soothing ritual, and how remembrance changes as more Germans have no personal connection to the Nazi era.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/zeit-recherchen-war-opa-ein-nazi-3781/", "official_url": "https://www.berliner-ensemble.de/inszenierung/zeit-recherchen-war-opa-ein-nazi", "image": "https://noky.io/images/75b21b28fad8ef289a588522ebde26e73b59e215f54fa8e020ae894cc2067f44-600.webp"}, {"title": "Misha Schoeneberg liest aus „Vielleicht wollte er gar nicht schweigen er fand bloß die Worte nicht” mit musikalischer Begleitung", "start": "2026-11-06T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-06T21:00:00+01:00", "place": "Buchhandlung am Schäfersee", "address": "Markstraße 6, 13409 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "literature", "music"], "description": "Misha Schoeneberg reads from his book „Vielleicht wollte er gar nicht schweigen er fand bloß die Worte nicht“, accompanied by musician Michael Gerlinger, who sings songs by Leonard Cohen in German to the guitar. In this deeply personal book, the author traces the story of his father, a member of a Jewish Berlin family who survived the horrors of Auschwitz. It is about silence and speechlessness in the family, remembrance culture and the upheavals of the present up to the events of October 7. The reading takes place at Buchhandlung am Schäfersee in Berlin; advance registration is possible.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/misha-schoeneberg-liest-aus-vielleicht-wollte-er-gar-nicht-s-13471/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b76d528393fa3deeeebccf968b564e266c0db82854844ae3c870ae2192546799-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Eine Berliner Familiengeschichte von über 100 Jahren – Lesung und Gespräch mit der Zeitzeugin Irene Bindel", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bezirkszentralbibliothek Pablo Neruda", "address": "Frankfurter Allee 14a, 10247 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/biography/autobiography", "history/nazi-era"], "description": "A reading followed by a conversation at the Bezirkszentralbibliothek Pablo Neruda. Irene Bindel, a contemporary witness born in Berlin in 1938, reads from her book „Wassermilch und Spitzenwein“ and tells of her family history spanning more than a century. As the daughter of a Christian mother and a Jewish father, she recounts her family's fate during the Nazi era and the difficult post-war years – her father was imprisoned by the Nazi regime and never returned, while her young mother had to struggle through a time of hardships alone with her daughter. Drawing on her mother's diaries, she offers very personal insights into this moving era, invites the audience to ask questions in the ensuing conversation, and the event is a cooperation between the Gilberto-Bosques-Volkshochschule Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, the Stadtbibliothek Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg and the Gesellschaft für Christlich-Jüdische Zusammenarbeit in Berlin e.V.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/eine-berliner-familiengeschichte-von-uber-100-jahren-lesung-31736/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/stadtbibliothek-friedrichshain-kreuzberg/bibliotheken/bezirkszentralbibliothek-pablo-neruda/veranstaltungen-projekte/eine-berliner-familiengeschichte-von-ueber-100-jahren-lesung-und-gespraech-mit-der-zeitzeugin-irene-bindel-1712806.php", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6db1ad9d16ca379cc65669840255ecd48f4ed05c8af944d03201eff22a31ce15-600.webp"}, {"title": "Judith Hermann – Ich möchte zurückgehen in der Zeit", "start": "2026-11-09T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Buchhandlung Braun & Hassenpflug", "address": "Fischerhüttenstraße 79, 14163 Berlin", "price": "15,- € Eintritt", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "literature/reading"], "description": "A literary evening with Judith Hermann about her new book »Ich möchte zurückgehen in der Zeit« (S. Fischer Verlage, 2026). In it, she follows the traces of her grandfather, who was stationed in Radom, Poland, for the SS during the Second World War. She links her writing to his long-denied history, travels from Poland to her sister in Naples, and explores the remembering and forgetting of later generations. Admission is 15 euros.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/judith-hermann-ich-mochte-zuruckgehen-in-der-zeit-13450/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/19d1dd811743c90346f47bc12eeee13a4f0c7cd87e1c68cae3836a3aab32f6ee-1200.webp"}, {"title": "\"Wassermilch und Spitzenwein\" - Eine Berliner Familiengeschichte", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Flughafen Tempelhof", "address": "Platz der Luftbrücke 5 12101 Berlin", "price": "Kostenlose Tickets!", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.de/e/elshan-ghasimi-reinterpretation-des-radif-dastgah-e-chahargah-tickets-1997393231925", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "literature/memoir"], "description": "A reading with Irene Bindel from her autobiographical book “Wassermilch und Spitzenwein”. The author, born in Berlin in 1938 as the daughter of a Jewish father, tells of her childhood in the National Socialist era, of persecution and her father having to go into hiding, and of the new beginning after 1945, shaped by encounters with the American occupiers. Afterwards she speaks about her personal experiences and answers questions from the audience, with the evening guided by the historian Irmgard Zündorf. The event takes place as part of Berlin Freedom Week.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/wassermilch-und-spitzenwein-eine-berliner-familiengeschichte-12669/", "official_url": "https://www.thf-berlin.de/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/veranstaltung/berlin-freedom-week-wassermilch-und-spitzenwein", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1bd42dba9ff116a9bb9215b6baddb856dfb97bdac374c2e5ad20bf6614941769-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Heimweh nach gestern. Eine Geschichte der Nostalgie in Deutschland", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Werkbundarchiv - Museum der Dinge", "address": "Leipziger Straße 54, 10117 Berlin", "price": "kostenfrei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://museumderdinge.org/events/heimweh-nach-gestern-book-presentation/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/germany", "literature"], "description": "A book presentation and conversation at Werkbundarchiv - Museum der Dinge. The historian and curator Tobias Becker presents his book „Heimweh nach gestern. Eine Geschichte der Nostalgie in Deutschland“ and discusses it with the journalist and author Jens Bisky. In his book, Becker examines how divided and reunified Germany dealt with its past, from the rediscovery of the „Golden Twenties“ to Ostalgie. The event is free of charge and no registration is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/heimweh-nach-gestern-eine-geschichte-der-nostalgie-in-deutsc-12716/", "official_url": "https://museumderdinge.de/veranstaltungen/heimweh-nach-gestern-buchpraesentation/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5182d497ad4f198eb93e1448964222e9ef1167d650e86ec63aa8a6aaeb781fa1-600.webp"}, {"title": "Wissen zwischen Büchern: Forschung hautnah - Meet the Scientist", "start": "2026-11-04T16:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-04T18:00:00+01:00", "place": "Pro Kiez Bötzowkiez e.V.", "address": "Esmarchstraße 18, 10407 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/neuroscience"], "description": "\"Wissen zwischen Büchern: Forschung hautnah - Meet the Scientist\" invites people to the library to discover modern neuroscience and explore research methods. The event is part of \"Wissen zwischen Büchern\", a project by the agency con gressa in cooperation with Berlin Science Week and the association of Berlin's public libraries. A digital info station offers insights into the research of the Cluster of Excellence NeuroCure: short films present current research projects, and digital content explains neuroscience methods in an accessible way. In the following \"Meet the Scientist\", visitors can talk directly with scientists about their everyday research work.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/wissen-zwischen-buchern-forschung-hautnah-meet-the-scientist-20418/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=294853&ls=0&c=409&v_ort=45133&stichwort=Wissen+zwischen+B%C3%BCchern&date_start=13.10.2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e875151511e93bd7e0df3c80cdb3975cc9d099238f2670e259ad8c28dff0d080-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Kontinuitäten rechter Gewalt – 15 Jahre Selbstenttarnung des NSU", "start": "2026-11-04T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Zentrum für Demokratie", "address": "Michael-Brückner-Str. 1/ Spreestraße, 12439 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/far-right", "history/nazi-era"], "description": "An evening devoted to the question of the continuity of right-wing terror, in which examples are used to make connections visible. It is hosted by the Zentrum für Demokratie Treptow-Köpenick together with Partnerschaften für Demokratie Schöneweide and Treptow-Köpenick, InteraXion-Willkommensbüro für Migrant:innen, the Dokumentationszentrum NS-Zwangsarbeit, the Museen Treptow-Köpenick and the Bezirksamt Treptow-Köpenick – Politische Bildung. The event works with a method from the Initiative BiLan, which gives both those affected and people in solidarity a voice on selected events of right-wing terror and lays bare the consequences for those affected. It is part of the series 'Von der Geschichte zur Gegenwart – Historische und politische Bildungsarbeit in Treptow-Köpenick'.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/kontinuitaten-rechter-gewalt-15-jahre-selbstenttarnung-des-n-50252/", "official_url": "https://zfdtk.de/kontinuitaeten-rechter-gewalt-04-11-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e6056789515e14efa11c424aae2b2df5ba788f895b00e6adad7fcf5eb9862220-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Besuch der Sonderausstellung: „Holocaust - Was wussten die Deutschen?“", "start": "2026-11-07T11:15:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T12:30:00+01:00", "place": "Topographie des Terrors", "address": "Niederkirchnerstraße 8, 10963 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/holocaust", "society/queer"], "description": "A guided visit for queer FLINTA* people through the special exhibition „Holocaust – Was wussten die Deutschen?“ at Topographie des Terrors, held as part of the weeks against antisemitism. The invitation comes from LesLeFam (Treffpunkt LesLeFam), while the tour itself is led by a person from Topographie des Terrors. It addresses the historical connections and the different forms of knowledge, partial knowledge and looking away during the National Socialist era. The group aims to create a shared space for critically engaging with Nazi history and culture of remembrance; the event takes place in German spoken language and is a sober (alcohol-free) event.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/besuch-der-sonderausstellung-holocaust-was-wussten-die-deuts-26966/", "official_url": "https://leslefam.de/event/commnity-ausflug-zur-sonderausstellung-holocaust-was-wussten-die-deutschen/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cd8c934a184d389b7adf2e95182383da1e177521d9ba3a921bc42bc7231945c3-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Stand und Perspektiven der Visual History", "start": "2026-11-03T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Topographie des Terrors", "address": "Niederkirchnerstraße 8, 10963 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history"], "description": "A talk titled \"Stand und Perspektiven der Visual History\" at the Topographie des Terrors memorial site in Berlin-Kreuzberg. The speaker is Prof. Dr. Gerhard Paul, retired professor of history and its didactics at the Europa-Universität Flensburg. No further details about the content are given.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/stand-und-perspektiven-der-visual-history-30441/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Queer und jüdisch im \"Dritten Reich\" und darüber hinaus", "start": "2026-11-05T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Mitte Museum", "address": "Pankstraße 47, 13357 Berlin", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "religion/jewish", "society/queer"], "description": "Mitte Museum hosts an evening of talks about people who were both queer and Jewish. Four speakers shed light on Jewish-queer life stories between 1933 and 1945 and beyond, from Gertrude Sandmann to gay and lesbian Jews in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Paige Harouse, Hani Esther Indictor Portner, Jake Schneider and Rafael Nasemann present their topics, including the remembrance project \"Queere Held*innen\". A shared exchange follows; the event takes place in spoken German.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/queer-und-judisch-im-dritten-reich-und-daruber-hinaus-12330/", "official_url": "https://www.mittemuseum.de/de/veranstaltung/2026/queer-und-juedisch-im-dritten-reich-und-darueber-hinaus", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e87ba75a48aad48550b6a7857f4cba5182c7ffc54c5048e82c91b74627345947-1200.webp"}, {"title": "In Erinnerung an Klaus Hesse (13. April 1955 – 31. März 2026)", "start": "2026-11-03T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Topographie des Terrors", "address": "Niederkirchnerstraße 8, 10963 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era"], "description": "A memorial event for Klaus Hesse (1955–2026), who from 1986 helped prepare the documentation “Topographie des Terrors” and shaped the Documentation Centre's permanent exhibition. After a welcome by director Dr. Andrea Riedle, Prof. Dr. Andreas Nachama speaks on Hesse as exhibition curator and Prof. Dr. Gerhard Paul on the state and perspectives of visual history. Hesse was a respected expert in visual history and remained connected to the institution even after retirement. Admission is free; registration by 27 October is requested.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/in-erinnerung-an-klaus-hesse-13-april-1955-31-marz-2026-12690/", "official_url": "https://www.topographie.de/veranstaltungen/detail/in-erinnerung-an-klaus-hesse-13-april-1955-31-maerz-2026", "image": ""}, {"title": "Wissensinseln: Raumforschung hautnah", "start": "2026-11-06T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-06T19:00:00+01:00", "place": "Bibliothek am Wasserturm", "address": "Prenzlauer Allee 227/228, 10405 Berlin", "price": "kostenlos", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/geography"], "description": "One object, many questions: at „Wissensinseln: Raumforschung hautnah“ visitors can talk directly with researchers. Behind it are researchers from sociology, geography, architecture, planning, urban anthropology and the arts at the Collaborative Research Center 1265 „Re-Figuration of Spaces“ at TU Berlin. They show how they investigate how digitalisation, social crises, climate change and global interconnectedness transform our everyday lives and the spaces we live in. The free event, with no registration required, is part of „Wissen zwischen Büchern“, a project by the agency con gressa with Berlin Science Week and the Berlin Public Libraries Network.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/wissensinseln-raumforschung-hautnah-2553/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=291607&ls=0&c=409&v_ort=37541&date_start=25.10.2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0a77cbca1d3b7271d10d5dede6da4f629408174091d74d3b2523a8995eb52853-1200.webp"}, {"title": "80. Waisenhausgespräch – “Lernt die Menschheit nie? Erinnerungskultur als Mehrgenerationenprojekt”", "start": "2026-11-11T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Betsaal, Berliner Straße 120-121, 13187 Berlin", "address": "", "price": "Eintritt frei / free entry", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/memory-culture", "literature/reading"], "description": "The 80th Waisenhausgespräch asks how a culture of remembrance can succeed as a project across generations. Organized by the Cajewitz Stiftung together with the SchuleEins and the Theater OfW, it features pupils presenting their research into the history of the former orphanage, a staged reading by Anja S. Gläser and Florentine Schara (text and staging by Philipp Urrutia, with English surtitles), and a panel discussion with Lena Ditte Nissen and Rosa Jellinek. In this way the historic building's Betsaal becomes a place of living memory where past and present enter into dialogue.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/80-waisenhausgesprach-lernt-die-menschheit-nie-erinnerungsku-72986/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Lesung und Werkstattgespräch", "start": "2026-11-06T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Hugenottenmuseum im Französischen Dom", "address": "Gendarmenmarkt 5 10117 Berlin", "price": "frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/christian"], "description": "A book presentation with a discussion at the Huguenot Museum. The renowned historian and publicist Jochen Thies presents his new book on the history of the Huguenots in conversation with BeBra publisher Dirk Palm; after a welcome by pastor Sabine Beyer, the publisher invites the audience to a champagne reception. The book spans from the religious struggles of the 13th century to the dramatic exodus of the refugees from France in 1685, marked by brutal persecution and unbending steadfastness, and a cultural transfer whose effects are still visible today. Thies follows the paths of the faith refugees across Europe, describes landscapes and historic places, and shows how the Huguenot heritage can help meet the challenges of the present and future.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lesung-und-werkstattgesprach-28740/", "official_url": "https://www.hugenottenmuseum-berlin.de/veranstaltung/jochen-thies-geschichte-der-hugenotten", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6ac957a6316233ede96b7c912c83fabc307ebf7701c81ec06da6e5d7b382836f-600.webp"}]}